Spahn v. Bielefeld & Spahn Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 325, Jan. T., 1916, from order of C. P. Lackawanna Co., Oct. T., 1916, No. 1088, awarding mandamus, in case of Louis Spahn v. Bielefeld & Spahn Company, A. G. Stromberg, Vice-President of the Bielefeld & Spahn Company, William E. Hughes, Secretary and Treasurer of- the Bielefeld & Spahn Company, E. M. Stack, L. H. Conklin, William R. Hughes, George T. Dunham, A. G. Stromberg and Max Bielefeld of the Directors of the Bielefeld & Spahn Company.
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Appeal, No. 325, Jan. T., 1916, from order of C. P. Lackawanna Co., Oct. T., 1916, No. 1088, awarding mandamus, in case of Louis Spahn v. Bielefeld & Spahn Company, A. G. Stromberg, Vice-President of the Bielefeld & Spahn Company, William E. Hughes, Secretary and Treasurer of- the Bielefeld & Spahn Company, E. M. Stack, L. H. Conklin, William R. Hughes, George T. Dunham, A. G. Stromberg and Max Bielefeld of the Directors of the Bielefeld & Spahn Company. Petition for mandamus. Before Newcomb, J. A by-law of defendant corporation was as follows: “Any officer may be removed at any regular…
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Opinion by
Mr. Justice Moschzisker,
On June 17, 1914, the defendant was chartered as a Pennsylvania manufacturing corporation; shortly thereafter, the plaintiff became president of the company, by election of its board of directors; August 16, 1916, the board, by resolution duly passed, dischárged him from his office; thereupon, he applied to the court below for a writ of mandamus to compel the corporation, its directors and officers, to recognize him as president; an alternative writ issued, but on September 25, 1916, this was quashed and the proceedings dismissed; plaintiff has appealed.
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